Tonight's game: Devils vs. Coyotes, 7 p.m.

Oct 28, 2017 | 5:00PM

New Jersey Devils center Adam Henrique (14) celebrates after scoring a goal against the Ottawa Senators during the second period at Prudential Center. (Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports)

The Arizona Coyotes are off to the worst start in franchise history at 0-9-1. They've had every problem imaginable but one of them -- goaltending -- could be solved Saturday.

Antti Raanta, acquired in the offseason to serve as the Coyotes' No. 1 goaltender, could return from a two-week absence due to a lower-body injury to face the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center. He was on the ice Wednesday and practiced Friday, and the coaching staff feels he could be ready.

Islanders looking to get back in win column in Arizona

Jan 7, 2017 | 6:02PM

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Jan 6, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk (55) celebrates his power play goal with defenseman Nick Leddy (2) and center John Tavares (91) in the second period against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

The Arizona Coyotes couldn't wait for a New Year's break. The New York Islanders wanted to keep playing. There was a simple reason for both desires.

Arizona had lost eight straight games without registering a point before their five-day break. Then came Friday's overtime loss in Anaheim -- the Coyotes' first point since Dec. 15. The Islanders had won four of five before their five-day break, but dropped a 2-1, overtime decision on Friday in Colorado against the Western Conference's worst team.

Girardi, Jooris lead Rangers to 3-2 win over Coyotes

Oct 23, 2016 | 9:36PM

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New York Rangers right wing Josh Jooris celebrates scoring a goal with teammates during the first period against Arizona Coyotes goalie Louis Domingue at Madison Square Garden. (Adam Hunger/USA Today Sports Images)

Dan Girardi scored a go-ahead goal 1:55 into the third period to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The Islanders (1-3) will host the Arizona Coyotes (1-2) on Friday night at Barclays Center. According to STATS...The Islanders have earned at least one point in each of their last six home games versus the Coyotes, going 5-0-1 versus Arizona over the six games; New York never trailed after the second period in any of the six games and outscored Arizona, 25-11, over that span.The Coyotes lost, 5-2, at Montreal on Thursday and are now 1-2-0 on the season (0-2-0 on the road). Arizona has allowed an average of 5.00 goals per game, the most in the NHL; the Coyotes franchise has not allowed the most goals in the NHL in a season since moving from Winnipeg to Phoenix in 1996-97.The Islanders lost, 3-2, at home versus the Sharks on Tuesday and are now 1-3-0 on the season, the first time New York has lost three of its first four games of the season since 2010-11 (the Islanders missed the playoffs that season). Each of New York's last three games have been decided by a single goal.

Schneider's shutout leads Devils past Coyotes

Jan 16, 2016 | 4:49PM

New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider looks on against the Arizona Coyotes during second period of the NHL game at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. (Joe Camporeale)

Cory Schneider stopped 38 shots for his third shutout of the season, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 2-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.

Schneider, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career, is 12-6-2 in 20 starts on the road this season.

Reid Boucher scored early in the first period for the Devils, who won for just the second time in the past seven games.

Kyle Palmieri scored his team-leading 18th goal of the season 18 seconds into the third period. Joseph Blandisi was able to get a stick on the puck behind the net and tap it out to Palmieri, who stuffed a close-range shot past Coyotes goalie Anders Lindback. >> Read more...

The Devils have won three consecutive games against the Coyotes, while outscoring them 10-3 during the win streak.

The Devils have lost five of their last six games, during which they have been outscored 16-6 and averaged just 21.7 shots on goal per game.

The Coyotes have scored at least one power-play goals in each of their last five games -- tied with Vancouver for the longest active streak in the NHL entering the weekend. The Devils, meanwhile, have not scored a power-play goal over their last six games.

The Coyotes have six different skaters with double-digit goals scored this season -- tied with Winnipeg for the second-most skaters in the NHL this season (Capitals seven).

Shane Doan has scored eight goals on just 24 shots on goal over his last seven home games, but has just one goal in 12 career games against the Devils.

Travis Zajac has dished out multiple assists in back-to-back (and three of his last six) games against the Coyotes, but does not have a single assist over his last seven overall games.

Mouillierat scores first NHL goal in Isles 5-1 win over Coyotes

By Christian Arnold | Feb 24, 2015 | 11:29PM

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Tuesday's win over the Arizona Coyotes will be one Kael Mouillierat won't soon forget.?

The Islanders were ahead 3-1 midway through the third period when Colin McDonald fed Mouillierat in the slot. The rookie then proceeded to fire a shot past Mike Smith and into the net for his first National Hockey League goal. He also gave the Islanders the 4-1 lead.

"It's obviously a pretty unbelievable feeling," Mouillierat said about his first goal. "You play so long and especially at my age to get your first crack at the NHL. There's times in the minors when you think it's never going to happen and then when it does it's pretty incredible. It's obviously a great feeling."

Tonight's Game: Coyotes vs Islanders, 7 p.m.

By Christian Arnold | Feb 24, 2015 | 6:00PM

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The Islanders will look to get back into the win column tonight when they host the Arizona Coyotes at 7 p.m. at Nassau Coliseum. MSG will carry the game on television, while WRHU 88.7 FM and LI News Radio 103.9 FM will have the radio broadcast.

After dropping a tough game to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday, the Islanders will try to right the ship tonight against the Arizona Coyotes.

The Islanders (39-20-2) did not play a bad game on Sunday and Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said that he was happy with the effort. Capuano said he would even take another performance like the one the Isles had on Sunday.